Guatemalan Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium cobanense) [XC31724]
by John van Dort from 14 km southeast of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico (song)
Guatemalan Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium cobanense) [XC102492]
by Peter Boesman from Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, Honduras (song)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium passerinum), Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei), Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum), Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) and Baja Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium hoskinsii), but recent DNA evidence clearly shows that Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) and Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum) are not closely related. Has usually been considered a subspecies of Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), but separation from latter perhaps currently unwarranted, as vocalizations undescribed.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma).